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λαιός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαιός λαιά̄ λαιόν

Structure: λαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

left (opposite of right)
awkward

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	λαιός	λαιᾱ́	λαιόν
	Genitive	λαιοῦ	λαιᾶς	λαιοῦ
	Dative	λαιῷ	λαιᾷ	λαιῷ
	Accusative	λαιόν	λαιᾱ́ν	λαιόν
	Vocative	λαιέ	λαιᾱ́	λαιόν
Dual	N/A/V	λαιώ	λαιᾱ́	λαιώ
Dual	G/D	λαιοῖν	λαιαῖν	λαιοῖν
Plural	Nominative	λαιοί	λαιαί	λαιά
	Genitive	λαιῶν	λαιῶν	λαιῶν
	Dative	λαιοῖς	λαιαῖς	λαιοῖς
	Accusative	λαιούς	λαιᾱ́ς	λαιά
	Vocative	λαιοί	λαιαί	λαιά

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	λαιός λαιοῦ	λαιώτερος λαιωτεροῦ	λαιώτατος λαιωτατοῦ
Adverb	λαιώς	λαιώτερον	λαιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

ἀλλ’ εἴτε λαιὸν εἴτε δεξιὸν κέρασ εἴτ’ ἐν μέσοισι συμμάχοισ πάρεστί σοι πέλτην ἐρεῖσαι καὶ καταστῆσαι στρατόν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 1:10)
ἔκλινε γὰρ κέρασ τὸ λαιὸν ἡμῶν· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:13)
Αἰάσ δ’ ὁ Σαλαμῖνοσ ἔντροφοσ δεξιὸν κέρασ πρὸσ τὸ λαιὸν ξυνᾶγε , τῶν ἆσσον ὡρ́μει πλάταισιν ἐσχάταισι συμπλέκων δώδεκ’ εὐστροφωτάταισι ναυσίν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, antistrophe 41)
ἐξαλλαγεὶσ γὰρ τοῦ παρεστῶτοσ πόνου, λαιὸν μὲν ἐσ τοὔπισθεν ἀμφέρει πόδα, πρόσω τὰ κοῖλα γαστρὸσ εὐλαβούμενοσ, προβὰσ δὲ κῶλον δεξιὸν δι’ ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχοσ σφονδύλοισ τ’ ἐνήρμοσεν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 4:3)
καί διὰ τοῦτό φασιν αὐτῷ γενέσθαι τὸν Σκαιόλαν ἐπίκλησιν, ὅπερ ἐστὶ Λαιόν. (Plutarch, Publicola, chapter 17 3:4)
ὃσ παῖδα γήμασ Κύπριδοσ Ἁρμονίαν ποτὲ Πολύδωρον ἐξέφυσε, τοῦ δὲ Λάβδακον φῦναι λέγουσιν, ἐκ δὲ τοῦδε Λάιον. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 1:2)

Synonyms

left
- ἀριστερός (left )
- εὐώνυμος (left, on the left hand, on the left)
awkward
- ἀριστερός (clumsy, awkward )
- ἀδέξιος (left-handed, awkward)

δεξιός (right)
εὐώνυμος (of good name)
δίωγμα (a pursuit)
κάρανος (a chief)
κάρανον ()
παραστάτης (one who stands by)
Φωκεύς (an inhabitant of Phocis)
δορός (a leathern bag or wallet)
πρέσβυς (elderly)
ἔφεδρος (sitting or seated upon)
πολύδωρος (richly dowered)
κερατών (made of horns)
κέρας (horn)
ἀταρβής (unfearing)
πάλος (the lot cast from a shaken helmet)
κατεῖδον (to look down)
Σπάρτακος (Spartacus)
Οἰδίπους (Oedipus)
σφίγγω (to bind tight)
ἀριστεύς (the best man)
ἐμπέραμος (skilled in the use of)
ἄδραστος (not running away)
Παρθενοπαῖος (the maiden-hero or son of the maiden)
ὀρέστερος ()
ἐκβαίνω (to step out of or off from)
Τυδεύς (Tydeus)
χιλιαρχία (the office or post)
Θεσπρωτός (an inhabitant of Thesprotia)
σπαρτός (sown)
σπάρτον (a rope)

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awkward

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